NVIDIA graphic driver install

ksemeks · 2009-12-31 09:46:03

Aight. I've got an Acer Aspire 5738G, with a Nvidia GF G105M graphic card.
I have a fresh install of archlinux (cause the kernel upgrade was lethal, so i had to go from scratch).
Kernel is now 2.6.32.
I ve downloaded the Nvidia driver from their download section, and when i try to run the installer it says it cant find the kernel header in '/usr/src/linux-2.6.32-ARCH/include/linux/kernel.h' . Then i tried to find kernel.h with locate, and i found it in: '/usr/include/linux/kernel.h' .
I tried to run the installer one more time, with the --kernel-source-path option, but still the same: it says:

The kernel source path '/usr/include/linux/kernel.h' does not exist. eetc etc

What do i do?

wonder · 2009-12-31 09:54:18

what's wrong with pacman -S nvidia?

ksemeks · 2009-12-31 09:56:34

The drivers aren't that good and i get a lousy graphic.

nitralime · 2009-12-31 10:00:15

First install kernel headers from repository:

pacman -S kernel26-headers

and then run the nvidia installer.

Regards
Nik

wonder · 2009-12-31 10:01:07

the version that you are downloading is the same as the one from repo? you can try out nvidia-beta from aur.
i'm suggestion that rather than using your method betcause is better not to have files laying around that pacman doesn't have any clue about them.

like i side note, to build external modules you need kernel26-headers like is told in the last news from the front page.

Last edited by wonder (2009-12-31 10:01:28)

ksemeks · 2009-12-31 10:06:20

Aight. Thanks. It s working fine now

nitralime · 2009-12-31 10:25:46

wonder wrote:

the version that you are downloading is the same as the one from repo? you can try out nvidia-beta from aur.
i'm suggestion that rather than using your method betcause is better not to have files laying around that pacman doesn't have any clue about them.
like i side note, to build external modules you need kernel26-headers like is told in the last news from the front page.

Do you know how the nvidia driver (installed by nvidia installer) can be removed cleanly?

Regards
Nik

wonder · 2009-12-31 10:30:40

do a ./NVIDIA...run --help. i think it has an --uninstall

nitralime · 2009-12-31 11:45:51

wonder wrote:

do a ./NVIDIA...run --help. i think it has an --uninstall

Thanks!

PS: ./NVIDIA...run --advanced-options shows the option --uninstall.

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